The Florida Building Code (FBC) has regulations that mandate buildings
in wind-borne debris zones provide building envelope protection that is
beyond the current minimum requirements in the International Residential
Code and International Building Code. Currently, the FBC requirements
do not apply to South Carolina. Should the same regulations for Florida
be applied in South Carolina? In order to answer this question, a
rationally-based wind-borne debris impact study will focus on South
Carolina coastal regions.

The project will (1) characterize the hurricane wind hazard of the
coastal South Carolina regions using suites of synthetic hurricanes
generated using the current state-of-the-art hurricane simulation
procedure, (2) develop a module-based framework for predicting the
building envelope failures of residential buildings in South Carolina
due to debris impact, (3) perform sensitivity studies on debris
generation parameters on the damage of building envelope, and (4)
develop a performance-based building envelope design methodology using
the combined hurricane hazard and building performance information
obtained from the first two objectives.
Contact:
WeiChiang Pangwpang@clemson.eduhttp://www.clemson.edu/ce/people/faculty_pang.php